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Best Bagels

St. Paul Bagelry

In a strip mall in Roseville, the St. Paul Bagelry sits next to a nutrition store with a large sign inviting you to “Lose 15 Pounds Fast.” Thanks, but no thanks, you say. You’re actually looking to find 15 pounds, in the form of flavored cream cheeses and densely packed carbs. In you go, and lo! You are handsomely rewarded for your focus and determination. A menu of bagel breakfast sammies, a selection of 18 different bagel flavors, and more than 15 flavors of cream cheese await. The bagels themselves are textbook perfect: shiny and chewy on the outside, soft and dense on the inside. Craving a New York-style bagel but far from Roseville? Look for their bagels in area groceries and co-ops, and bide your time until the opening of their second Twin Cities location, in the Tangletown neighborhood of Minneapolis sometime in 2017.